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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The hype over social media is over. Now it's time to make social media pay. ""The Social Commerce Handbook" provides a practical road map for not only mastering but also monetizing your social media investment." (Mark Ellis, Managing Director, Syzygy, a WPP Group digital agency). You can learn the secrets to unlocking sales with the "Big Five" - YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn - and seize new sales opportunities from emerging social technology. Coauthored by two of today's leading authorities on this hot new field, "The Social Commerce Handbook" distills the real-world experience of successful social commerce businesses - from Apple to Zappos - into 20secrets for turning "Likes" into "Buys". Features: the power of social utility; the appeal of social gifting; the importance of social curation; the role of social status; and the value of social intelligence. Features Summary Helps you learn the secrets to unlocking sales with the "Big Five" - YouTube, Pinterest, Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn - and seize new sales opportunities from emerging social technology... Author Paul Marsden (Author), Paul Chaney (Author) Publisher McGraw-Hill Professional Release date 20121009 Pages 208 ISBN 0-07-180202-9 ISBN 13 978-0-07-180202-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The Reviewer 's Guide to Quantitative Methods in the Social Sciences is designed for evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioral sciences, and beyond. Its thirty-one uniquely structured chapters cover both traditional and emerging methods of quantitative data analysis, which neither junior nor veteran reviewers can be expected to know in detail. The book updates readers on each technique 's key principles, appropriate usage, underlying assumptions, and limitations. It thereby assists reviewers to offer constructive commentary on works they evaluate, and also serves as an indispensable author 's reference for preparing sound research manuscripts and proposals. Key features include: The chapters cover virtually all of the popular classic and emerging quantitative techniques, thus helping reviewers to evaluate a manuscript 's methodological approach and its data analysis. In addition, the volume serves as an indispensable reference tool for those designing their own research. For ease of use, all chapters follow the same structure: the opening page of each chapter defines and explains the purpose of that statistical method the next one or two pages provide a table listing various criteria that should be considered when evaluating and applying that methodological approach to data analysis the remainder of each chapter contains numbered sections corresponding to the numbered criteria listed in the opening table. Each section explains the role and importance of that particular criterion. Chapters are written by methodological and applied scholars who are expert in the particular quantitative method being reviewed. Features Summary Designed for evaluators of research manuscripts and proposals in the social and behavioral sciences. This book covers traditional and emerging methods of quantitative data analysis... Author Gregory R Hancock (Editor), Laura M Stapleton (Editor), Ralph O. Mueller (Editor) Publisher Routledge Release date 20100212 Pages 432 ISBN 0-415-96507-1 ISBN 13 978-0-415-96507-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days The development of glassmaking in what is now the Czech Republic is rightly regarded as a tradition of extraordinary importance, one that extends beyond crafts history and impacts on such fields as technology and social history. "From Neuwelt to the Whole World" is a thoroughly researched art-historical survey of the varied output of the Harrach glassworks in Neuwelt, in the Krkonoe Mountains. Now 300 years old, the Harrach glassworks has played a progressive and often determining role in every stage of Bohemia's evolving glass production, from its Baroque beginnings, through the Biedermeier and Revival styles, to Art Nouveau, Decorativism and the innovations of the 1950s, right up to the present day. One recognizes, throughout, the outstanding ability of Czech glassmakers to respond to technological advances, stylistic changes and external stimuli. No surprise, then, that Bohemian glassmaking has so often been a leader in European fine craft. Features Summary The development of glassmaking in what is now the Czech Republic is rightly regarded as a tradition of extraordinary importance, one that extends beyond crafts history and impacts on such fields as technology and social history... Author Helena BroË kova Publisher Artefakt/Arbor Vitae Release date 20130331 Pages 440 ISBN 80-7467-005-8 ISBN 13 978-80-7467-005-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most popular, controversial and misunderstood sports in the world. For its advocates, it is a heroic expression of unfettered individualism. For its critics, it is a depraved and ruthless physical and commercial exploitation of mostly poor young men. This Companion offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It includes a comprehensive chronology of the sport, listing all the important events and personalities. Essays examine topics such as women in boxing, boxing and the rise of television, boxing in Africa, boxing and literature, and boxing and Hollywood films. A unique book for scholars and fans alike, this Companion explores the sport from its inception in Ancient Greece to the death of its most celebrated figure, Muhammad Ali. Features Summary This book offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It will be of interest to students... Author Gerald Early Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20190112 Pages 396 ISBN 1-107-63120-3 ISBN 13 978-1-107-63120-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days While humans have used their hands to engage in combat since the dawn of man, boxing originated in Ancient Greece as an Olympic event. It is one of the most popular, controversial and misunderstood sports in the world. For its advocates, it is a heroic expression of unfettered individualism. For its critics, it is a depraved and ruthless physical and commercial exploitation of mostly poor young men. This Companion offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It includes a comprehensive chronology of the sport, listing all the important events and personalities. Essays examine topics such as women in boxing, boxing and the rise of television, boxing in Africa, boxing and literature, and boxing and Hollywood films. A unique book for scholars and fans alike, this Companion explores the sport from its inception in Ancient Greece to the death of its most celebrated figure, Muhammad Ali. Features Summary This book offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It will be of interest to students... Author Gerald Early Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20190124 Pages 396 ISBN 1-107-05801-5 ISBN 13 978-1-107-05801-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days This book is a pioneering study of when and why Hindu Nationalists have engaged in discrimination and violence against minorities in contemporary India. Amrita Basu asks why the incidence and severity of violence differs significantly across Indian states, within states, and through time. Contrary to many predictions, the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has neither consistently engaged in anti-minority violence nor been compelled by the centrifugal pressures of democracy to become a centrist party. Rather, the national BJP has alternated between moderation and militancy. Hindu nationalist violence has been conjunctural, determined by relations among its own party, social movement organization, and state governments, and on the character of opposition states, parties and movements. This study accords particular importance to the role of social movements in precipitating anti-minority violence. It calls for a broader understanding of social movements and a greater appreciation of their relationship to political parties. Features Summary This study examines the political sources of violence against religious minorities in India. Author Amrita Basu Publisher Cambridge UniversityPress Release date 20150702 Pages 357 ISBN 1-107-46132-4 ISBN 13 978-1-107-46132-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours How can social workers, psychologists and counsellors improve communication with their clients? What can these facilitators do to enhance their listening and empathic skills? How can they create an environment of trust in which clients - be they individuals, goups, families, or communities - can develop and grow effectively? Person-Centred Facilitation presents the theory and practice of the person-centred approach to facilitating counselling, as developed by Carl Rogers. The text provides an introduction to the person-centred approach in relation to individuals, groups, families and communities. It offers a solid theoretical grounding which supports both academic learning and applied practice, and guides readers' understanding and self-development. Revised and updated, the fourth edition integrates values from an African cultural perspective, and reflects the importance of social justice as an element of the developmental counselling process. It offers a wealth of South African case studies, an entirely new section on family counselling, and an expanded focus on group work counselling. Other expanded areas include aspects of constructivism; cross-cultural communication; people in conflict, and the self of the facilitator, the latter two aspects having been integrated into the text of the various chapters. Features Summary How can social workers, psychologists and counsellors improve communication with their clients? What can these facilitators do to enhance their listening and empathic skills? Publisher Oxford University Press Southern Africa Release date 20131113 Pages 331 ISBN 0-19-905431-2 ISBN 13 978-0-19-905431-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable intelligence in order to increase their sense of security. But what exactly is intelligence? Who seeks to develop it and to what ends? How can we ensure that intelligence is not abused? In this third edition of their classic text, Peter Gill and Mark Phythian set out a comprehensive framework for the study of intelligence, discussing how states organize the collection and analysis of information in order to produce intelligence, how it is acted upon, why it may fail and how the process should be governed in order to uphold democratic rights. Fully revised and updated throughout, the book covers recent developments, including the impact of the Snowden leaks on the role of intelligence agencies in Internet and social media surveillance and in defensive and offensive cyber operations, and the legal and political arrangements for democratic control. The role of intelligence as part of 'hybrid' warfare in the case of Russia and Ukraine is also explored, and the problems facing intelligence in the realm of counterterrorism is considered in the context of the recent wave of attacks in Western Europe. Intelligence in an Insecure World is an authoritative and accessible guide to a rapidly expanding area of inquiry - one that everyone has an interest in understanding. Features Summary Security intelligence continues to be of central importance to the contemporary world: individuals, groups, organizations and states all seek timely and actionable information in order to increase their sense of security. Author Gill Publisher Polity Press Release date 20180806 Pages 288 ISBN 1-5095-2520-3 ISBN 13 978-1-5095-2520-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Globalization is now widely discussed, but the debates often focus on economic issues. A lucid and engaging writer, John Tomlinson goes far beyond traditional discussions to analyze the wide-ranging cultural, social, and moral aspects of globalization. Tomlinson begins this ambitious project by studying the relationship between globalization and contemporary culture, explaining the importance of time and space concerns, cultural imperialism, "deterritorialization," the impact of the media and communication technologies, and the possible growth of more cosmopolitan culture. We come to understand how someone may face unemployment as a result of downsizing decisions made at a company's head office on another continent, or how the food we find in our grocery stores is radically different today from twenty years ago. He discusses the uneven nature of the experience of global modernity in relation to first and third world countries, and concludes that a genuinely cosmopolitan culture is unlikely to emerge unless we respect cultural differences and share a common sense of commitment about the world. Features Summary This work analyzes the cultural, social and moral aspects of globalization. It studies the relationship between globalization and comtemporary culture... Author John Tomlinson Publisher University of Chicago Press Release date 19990715 Pages 256 ISBN 0-226-80768-1 ISBN 13 978-0-226-80768-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Retail Marketing is a new and refreshing text, essential for anyone wanting to get to grips with this important, fast-paced area of marketing today. With a user-friendly structure, this book reflects the very latest in academic thinking and provides a strong focus on customer value, corporate social responsibility and the transformative effect of digital technology. Written especially for European and international students and suitable for both undergraduate and postgraduate students, Retail Marketing addresses the challenges of marketing in the 21st Century. Across the chapters key elements of successful retail marketing, including developments in omni-channel marketing and the importance of a co-ordinated supply chain to a company's value proposition, are considered. Striking a balance between theory and practice, Retail Marketing presents concepts in a clear and comprehensive way with engaging, up-to-date global examples and visual illustrations to help students apply their knowledge to a real world context. Features Summary Suitable for anyone wanting to get to grips with retailing, this book reflects the academic thinking and provides a focus on customer value, corporate social responsibility and the transformative effect of digital technology... Author Sean Ennis Publisher McGraw-Hill Inc.,US Release date 20151016 Pages 418 ISBN 0-07-715765-6 ISBN 13 978-0-07-715765-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Partly Cloudy: Ethics in War, Espionage, Covert Action, and Interrogation explores a number of wrenching ethical issues and challenges faced by our military and intelligence personnel. David L. Perry provides a robust and practical approach to analyzing ethical issues in war and intelligence operations, and applies careful reasoning to issues of vital importance today, not only for soldiers, spies, and policymakers, but also for the citizens they serve and protect. The topics addressed in this book range widely between a just-war analysis of Shakespeare's Henry V to an exploration of the nature and scope of ethics to the CIA's original "social contract." Other topics examined include objective moral principles versus subjectivist and relativist challenges; absolute duties versus prima facie obligations; cultivating moral wisdom; comparative religious views on killing and war; anticipating and preventing atrocities in war; secrecy and democratic accountability; a short history of Russian intelligence; employing espionage to penetrate hostile regimes and terrorist cells; covert political influence, coups, and targeted killings; the question of torture in interrogating detainees; and practical peacemaking strategies. Features Summary 40.00 Author David L. Perry Publisher Scarecrow Press Release date 20090518 Pages 266 ISBN 0-8108-6758-3 ISBN 13 978-0-8108-6758-1

A breakthrough volume in the study of the material culture of the slave trade. Hardcover with dust jacket new with 509 pages. R55 postage in SA. This is the first book devoted to the archaeology of African life on both sides of the Atlantic and highlights the importance of historical archaeology in completing the historical records of the Atlantic world's Africans. Archaeology of Atlantic Africa and the African Diaspora presents a diverse, richly textured picture of Africans' experiences during the era of the Atlantic slave trade and offers the most comprehensive explanation of how African lives became entangled with the creation of the modern world. Through interdisciplinary approaches to material culture, the dynamics of a comparative transatlantic archaeology is developed. Table of Contents and Contributors: 1. Pathways in the Archaeology of Transatlantic Africa, by Akinwumi Ogundiran and Toyin Falola Part 2. Atlantic Africa 2. Entangled Lives: The Archaeology of Daily Life in the Gold Coast Hinterlands, AD 1400-1900, by Ann Brower Stahl 3. Living in the Shadow of the Atlantic World: History and Material Life in a Yoruba-Edo Hinterland, ca. 1600-1750, by Akinwumi Ogundiran 4. Dahomey and the Atlantic Slave Trade: Archaeology and Political Order on the Bight of Benin, by J. Cameron Monroe 5. Enslavement in the Middle Senegal Valley: Historical and Archaeological Perspectives, by Alioune Déme and Ndeye Sokhna Guèye 6. The Landscape and Society of Northern Yorubaland during the Era of the Atlantic Slave Trade, by Aribidesi Usman 7. The Collapse of Coastal City-States of East Africa, by Chapurukha M. Kusimba 8. Ghana's "Slave Castles," Tourism, and the Social Memory of the Atlantic Slave Trade, by Brempong Osei-Tutu Part 3. African Diaspora 9. BaKongo Identity and Symbolic Representation in the Americas, by Christopher C. Fennell 10. "In This Here Place": Interpreting Enslaved Homeplaces, by Whitney L. Battle-Baptiste 11. Bringing the Out Kitchen In? The Experiential Landscapes of Black and White New England, by Alexandra A. Chan 12. African Metallurgy in the Atlantic World, by Candice L. Goucher 13. Between Urban and Rural: Organization and Distribution of Local Pottery in Eighteenth-Century Jamaica, by Mark W. Hauser 14. Allies, Adversaries, and Kin in the African Seminole Communities of Florida: Archaeology at Pilaklikaha, by Terrance Weik 15. Scars of Brutality: Archaeology of the Maroons in the Caribbean, by E. Kofi Agorsah 16. The Archaeological Study of the African Diaspora in Brazil, by Pedro P. Funari 17. The Vanishing People: Archaeology of the African Population in Buenos Aires, by Daniel Schávelzon 18. Maritime Archaeology and the African Diaspora, by Fred L. McGhee 19. Archaeology of the African Meeting House on Nantucket, by Mary C. Beaudry and Ellen P. Berkland 20. Practicing African American Archaeology in the Atlantic World, by Anna S. Agbe-Davies  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge. They have also become vibrant educational centers, full of engaging exhibits that share those discoveries with students and an enthusiastic general public. At the heart of it all from the very start have been curators. Yet after three decades as a natural history curator, Lance Grande found that he still had to explain to people what he does. This book is the answer and, oh, what an answer it is: lively, exciting, up-to-date, it offers a portrait of curators and curation like none we've seen, one that conveys the intellectual excitement and educational and social value of curation. Grande uses the personal story of his own career most of it spent at Chicago's storied Field Museum to structure his account as he explores the value of collections, the importance of public engagement, changing ecological and ethical considerations, and the impact of rapidly improving technology.Throughout, we are guided by Grande's keen sense of mission, of a job where the why is always as important as the what. Beautifully written and richly illustrated, this clear-eyed but loving account of the natural history museum and its place in our cultural and conservation landscape will appeal to fans of dusty dioramas and digital displays alike. Features Summary Over the centuries, natural history museums have evolved from being little more than musty repositories of stuffed animals and pinned bugs, to being crucial generators of new scientific knowledge... Author Lance Grande Publisher University of Chicago Press Release date 20170324 Pages 432 ISBN 0-226-19275-X ISBN 13 978-0-226-19275-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Our ideas about creativity, and particularly the most important kind--what Richard Ogle calls "breakthrough creativity"--are governed by a long-standing and deep-seated myth: "the mind inside the head." From ancient times, philosphers of mind have held that important ideas and insights come from the individual brains of geniuses with awesome rational powers, whose minds seem to function on a higher plane than those of normal folk.In recent years, however, as advances in cognitive science and network science have highlighted the importance of the external world, the social, cultural, and economic context in which ideas are generated, a classic paradigm shift has occurred. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has posited the idea of the "extended mind," radically suggesting that the source of creativity lies not inside of our heads and brains, but outside them, in the connections between people and ideas. There has also been a concurrent, growing recognition of the role that imagination and intuition play in scientific breakthroughs, where in earlier times it was thought that superior rational thinking and logic were responsible for such advances. In The Mind Out There, Richard Ogle describes this paradigm shift and crystallizes its nature and implications for the first time. He argues that developments in the study of cognitive science, network science, and complexity, now allow us to see and understand how breakthrough ideas happen in a much clearer way, offering the beginnings of "a new science of ideas."The key to this science resides in what the author calls "idea-spaces," a set of nodes in a network of people (and their ideas) that cohere and take on a distinctive set of characteristics anddynamics leading to the generation of breakthrough ideas. These spaces are Features Summary Since ancient times, people have believed that breakthrough ideas come from brains of geniuses with rational powers. However, the paradigm has begun to shift toward the notion that source of creativity lies "out there... Author Richard Ogle Publisher Harvard Business School Press Release date 20070601 Pages 320 ISBN 1-59139-417-1 ISBN 13 978-1-59139-417-4

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 7-10 working days once ordered) In its fifth edition, Community development - Breaking the cycle of poverty continues to be the definitive guide for community development workers, students and practitioners alike. The book contextualises poverty against the backdrop of the Millennium Development Goals and explains the process of community development with specific reference to the community development worker's role. In this latest edition more attention is paid to the development environment, concepts such as asset-based community development and the social enterprise sector are explained, and the principles of sustainability and compassion are underscored. Apart from context and process, the title details the skills required by a community development worker, with a focus on the importance of communication. Format:paperback Pages:328

(This title is available on demand: expected date of dispatch will be 4-7 working days once ordered) "In an age where teenagers are deeply engaged in virtual communities and social networks, they're still feeling alone and isolated. It may sound all too simple, but the truth is that you have the opportunity to make a profound impact on the lives of students with the simple act of spending time with them, one-on-one. Whether you're a volunteer or the lead youth pastor, getting some students to open up and share their lives can be a challenge. In this practical book you'll learn the importance of connecting with students on an individual basis and get helpful ideas on how to engage a variety of students in meaningful dialogue. You'll explore and learn more about connecting with six different types of students, including: * The "No Way" Kid * The "Not Interested" Kid * The "Checking Things Out Kid" * The "Stagnant" Kid * The "Growing" Kid * The "Looking for Ministry" Kid Connect will walk you through the steps to lead you into relationships with students that go beyond the youth room and impact them into adulthood." Format:Paperback Pages:240

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours In a society afflicted by serious crime, South African citizens look to the SA Police Service for protection. Under the Constitution, police officials are responsible for upholding the law. The purpose of this book is to give them the knowledge and understanding that will equip them to do so. In order to investigate crime effectively and gather evidence that will enable the prosecuting authorities secure convictions after due process of law, police officials have to be familiar with the fundamental elements of criminal law, criminal procedure and the law of evidence. These principles are set out in Applied Law for Police Officials. There is a clear focus on the implications of these laws for police procedures. Applied Law for Police Officials highlights the importance of effective co-operation between an investigating officer and the victim of crime, other witnesses and the prosecutor, which will greatly improve the chances of a successful criminal prosecution. To exercise their powers lawfully, police officials must also be aware of the social context in which their duties are performed and of the constitutional principles of human rights, which receive attention throughout this book. With its unique practical approach, addressing legal principles specifically relevant to police officials, Applied Law for Police Officials will help them to provide an effective service to the community. Features Summary In a society afflicted by serious crime, South African citizens look to the SA Police Service for protection. Under the Constitution, police officials are responsible for upholding the law... Author C.D. Joubert Publisher Juta Legal and Academic Publishers Release date 20130101 Pages 485 ISBN 1-4851-0107-7 ISBN 13 978-1-4851-0107-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Our ideas about creativity, and particularly the most important kind--what Richard Ogle calls "breakthrough creativity"--are governed by a long-standing and deep-seated myth: "the mind inside the head." From ancient times, philosphers of mind have held that important ideas and insights come from the individual brains of geniuses with awesome rational powers, whose minds seem to function on a higher plane than those of normal folk.In recent years, however, as advances in cognitive science and network science have highlighted the importance of the external world, the social, cultural, and economic context in which ideas are generated, a classic paradigm shift has occurred. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi has posited the idea of the "extended mind," radically suggesting that the source of creativity lies not inside of our heads and brains, but outside them, in the connections between people and ideas. There has also been a concurrent, growing recognition of the role that imagination and intuition play in scientific breakthroughs, where in earlier times it was thought that superior rational thinking and logic were responsible for such advances. In The Mind Out There, Richard Ogle describes this paradigm shift and crystallizes its nature and implications for the first time. He argues that developments in the study of cognitive science, network science, and complexity, now allow us to see and understand how breakthrough ideas happen in a much clearer way, offering the beginnings of "a new science of ideas."The key to this science resides in what the author calls "idea-spaces," a set of nodes in a network of people (and their ideas) that cohere and take on a distinctive set of characteristics anddynamics leading to the generation of breakthrough ideas. These spaces are Features Summary Since ancient times, people have believed that breakthrough ideas come from brains of geniuses with rational powers. However, the paradigm has begun to shift toward the notion that source of creativity lies "out there... Author Richard Ogle Publisher Harvard Business School Press Release date 20070423 Pages 320 ISBN 1-59139-417-1 ISBN 13 978-1-59139-417-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 20 - 25 working days "Power and Patronage" examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political, social, and economic change. While many observers of Chinese politics have recognized the importance of informal institutions, this book explains how informal local groups actually operate, paying special attention to the role of patronage networks in political decision-making, political competition, and official corruption. While patronage networks are often seen as a parasite on the formal institutions of state, Hillman shows that patronage politics actually help China's political system function. In a system characterized by fragmented authority, personal power relations, and bureaucratic indiscipline, patronage networks play a critical role in facilitating policy coordination and bureaucratic bargaining. They also help to regulate political competition within the state, which reduces the potential for open conflict. Understanding patronage networks is essential for understanding the resilience of the Chinese state through decades of change. "Power and Patronage" is filled with rich and fascinating accounts of the machinations of patronage networks and their role in the ruthless and sometimes violent competition for political power. Features Summary Power and Patronage examines the unwritten rules and inner workings of contemporary China's local politics and government. It exposes how these rules have helped to keep the one-Party state together during decades of tumultuous political... Author Ben Hillman Publisher Stanford University Press Release date 20140430 Pages 216 ISBN 0-8047-8936-3 ISBN 13 978-0-8047-8936-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 13 working days Find the right big data solution for your business or organization Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Data sets such as customer transactions for a mega-retailer, weather patterns monitored by meteorologists, or social network activity can quickly outpace the capacity of traditional data management tools. If you need to develop or manage big data solutions, you'll appreciate how these four experts define, explain, and guide you through this new and often confusing concept. You'll learn what it is, why it matters, and how to choose and implement solutions that work.Effectively managing big data is an issue of growing importance to businesses, not-for-profit organizations, government, and IT professionalsAuthors are experts in information management, big data, and a variety of solutionsExplains big data in detail and discusses how to select and implement a solution, security concerns to consider, data storage and presentation issues, analytics, and much moreProvides essential information in a no-nonsense, easy-to-understand style that is empowering "Big Data For Dummies" cuts through the confusion and helps you take charge of big data solutions for your organization. Features Summary Find the right big data solution for your business or organization Big data management is one of the major challenges facing business, industry, and not-for-profit organizations. Author Judith Hurwitz (Author), Alan Nugent (Author), Marcia Kaufman (Author), Fern Halper (Author), Dan Kirsch (Author) Publisher John Wiley & Sons Release date 20130415 Pages 312 ISBN 1-118-50422-4 ISBN 13 978-1-118-50422-2

Author: Robin Landa Publisher: HOW Books (2015) ISBN-10: 1440337578 ISBN-13: 9781440337574 Condition: Very Good. The cover has a few light scratches and wear to edges and corners. Binding: Softcover Pages: 144 Dimensions: 15.1 x 1 x 22.6 cm +++ by Robin Landa +++ In graphic design, creative thinking skills are undoubtedly important, but sometimes the importance of critical thinking skills is overlooked. Nimble will help you discover how to develop a creativity that is strategic and also able to cross platforms, industries or sectors. You'll discover a creative thinking process that allows you to generate scalable ideas that are both sticky and stretchy. As you develop a exible mind that is ideal for visual communication, digital marketing, or social media, you increase your value as a designer - to your clients, your employer, or simply your own work.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes provides up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format. Diabetes is a worldwide public health concern and is being referred to as the 'global epidemic of diabetes', the 'silent epidemic' and the 'diabetes timebomb'. The increasing incidence of diabetes, the heavy burden of morbidity and mortality associated with diabetes, and its spiralling healthcare costs, underpin the importance of a public health approach to the prevention and management of diabetes. This Mini-Guide explores in more detail how public health practice might address some of these issues. Covers all aspects of a public health approach to diabetes Individual and population-level interventions Case study examples help relate practice to theory 'Thinking points' encourage reflection and are a teaching aid Each chapter ends with summary points, websites and further reading lists to help direct readers. The Public Health Mini-Guides provide up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format, on a range of current key public health topics. They are designed to support the work of health and social care practitioners and students on courses related to public health and health promotion. Features Summary Public Health Mini-Guides: Diabetes provides up-to-date, evidence-based information in a convenient pocket-sized format. Diabetes is a worldwide public health concern and is being referred to as the 'global epidemic of diabetes'... Author Josie Evans (Author), Angela Scriven (Author), Angela Scriven (Series editor) Publisher Churchill Livingstone Release date 20150914 Pages 116 ISBN 0-7020-4637-X ISBN 13 978-0-7020-4637-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days An easy read, balancing the pros and cons, this book surveys the energy issue from a broad scientific perspective while considering environmental, economic, and social factors. It explains the basic concepts, provides a historical overview of energy resources, assesses our unsustainable energy system based on fossil fuels, and shows that the energy crisis is not only a tough challenge, but also an unprecedented opportunity to become more concerned about the world in which we live and the society we have built up. By outlining the alternatives for today and the future, it gives an extensive overview on nuclear energy, solar thermal and photovoltaics, solar fuels, wind power, ocean energies and other renewables, highlighting the increasing importance of electricity and the long-term perspectives of a hydrogen-based economy. An excellent source of updated and carefully documented information on the entangled aspects of the energy issue, this book is a guide for scientists, students and teachers looking for ways out of the energy and climate crisis, and the problems and disparities generated during the fossil fuel era. Features Summary An excellent source of information and a must-read for non-specialists, this book accurately surveys the energy issue from a broad scientific perspective while considering the alternatives from an environmental... Author Vincenzo Balzani (Author), Nicola Armaroli (Author) Publisher Wiley-VCH Verlag GmbH Release date 20101215 Pages 368 ISBN 3-527-32540-9 ISBN 13 978-3-527-32540-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism. Pasolini's landmark polemic on the cinema of poetry is a vital springboard for the later critiques of time and the image, subjectivities and their narrative transformation, and the topical question of film and postmodernity. A discussion of changes in film technology and cinematic perception extend to the questions of film documentary. Finally, there is a focus on cinematographers and their filmic collaboration. The second section, International Cinema, places filmmaking and filmmakers in a social and a national context. It brings together landmark essays which contextualize feature films historically, yet also highlight their aesthetic power and their wider cultural importance. Filmmakers discussed include Ozu, Welles, Bresson, Hitchcock, Godard, Egoyan, Fassbinder and Zhang Yimou. Contributors include: Nestor Almendros, Jacques Aumont, Andre Bazin, Noel Burch, Scott Bukatman, Michael Chapman, Rey Chow, Terry Comito, Timothy Corrigan, Angela Della Vacche, Gilles Deleuze, Peter Harcourt, Frederic Jameson, Bruce Kawin, Krzystof Kieslowski, Vassiliki Kolocotroni, Teresa de Lauretis, Colin MacCabe, Christian Metz, Tania Modleski, Laura Mulvey, Bill Nicholls, John Orr, David Pascoe, Pier Paolo Pasolini, Duncan Petrie, Donald Richie, Larry Salvato, Dennis Schaefer, Paul Schrader, Susan Sontag, Andrei Tarkovsky, J.P. Telotte, Paul Virilio, Peter Wollen, Ismail Xavier, Denise Youngblood. Features Summary Post-war Cinema and Modernity explores the relationship between film and modernity in the second half of the twentieth century. It begins with essays analyzing new post-war forms of film narrative and responses to the filmic innovations of the 1960s and the question of modernism... Author John Orr (Editor), Olga Taxidou (Editor) Publisher New York University Press Release date 20010301 Pages 464 ISBN 0-8147-6202-6 ISBN 13 978-0-8147-6202-8

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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 24 hours A thorough understanding of the basics of marketing is essential for any marketing practitioner and student of marketing. Marketing: An introduction is a valuable tool which describes the foundational aspects of marketing and enables a basic understanding of this field. This book has a strong focus on the principles of marketing, the importance and use of social media, and the integration of marketing principles with other business functions. The book is written in an accessible style and is presented in an easy-to-understand format which makes teaching and learning about the principles of marketing much simpler. Marketing: An introduction is written by authors with many years of experience in the field of marketing, who have published a number of books and articles on this subject. Features Summary Marketing: An introduction is a valuable tool which describes the foundational aspects of marketing and enables a basic understanding of this field. This book has a strong focus on the principles of marketing... Author Michael Cant Publisher Juta Academic Release date 20140101 Pages 248 ISBN 1-4851-0216-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4851-0216-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In 2008, it appeared that the BRIC nations' economies would continue to provide growth opportunities for businesses of all kinds. After a decade of unprecedented growth, however, Brazil, Russia, India, and China have unexpectedly slowed. In this innovative book, expert contributors diagnose and examine the factors that might be responsible for the changing trends in the BRIC and other emerging market economies and that may determine the future course of these economies and their prospects for sustained growth. This volume offers valuable insights into a wide range of issues pertaining to emerging economies that demand the attention of researchers and practitioners. In particular, contributors explore topics such as the importance of innovation, internationalization trends of emerging market firms, sustainability and social issues, market liberalization and entrepreneurship, consumer behavior and customer relations. Rigorous scholarly research, including empirical work, and perspectives from emerging markets make this an essential resource for doctoral students, business academics and executives, and politicians and policy makers involved in developing nations and their economies. Features Summary After a decade of unprecedented growth, the BRIC nations' economies have unexpectedly slowed. In this innovative book, expert contributors diagnose and examine the factors that might be responsible for the economic regression in Brazil... Author Ben L. Kedia (Editor), Kelly Aceto (Editor) Publisher Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd Release date 20151030 Pages 208 ISBN 1-78347-975-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78347-975-7